Also, -ov and -ova are prerevolutionary loans which probably feel as foreign to Tajiks as Fitz- does to us. Frankly, griping about the Soviets failing to derussify surnames is pretty boneheaded given how protective most people are of their surnames, but even if they did derussify those, anti-Bolsheviks would instead be whinging about the Soviets forcing people to change their surnames.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

Unsurprising that they ran to that nazi bar. And you're absolutely correct, either we'd be hearing about forcing people to give up their historical names, or we hear about them failing to derussify enough like we do today.